Luke 14:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 14:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ὅταν
hótan
G3752
when
κληθῇς
kaléō
G2564
to call
ὑπό
hypó
G5259
under
τινος
tìs
G5100
a certain
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
γάμους
gámos
G1062
wedding
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
κατακλιθῇς
kataklínō
G2625
to recline
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
πρωτοκλισίαν
prōtoklisía
G4411
first seat
μήποτε
mḗpote
G3379
lest
ἐντιμότερός
éntimos
G1784
precious
σου
sý
G4771
you
ᾖ
eimí
G1510
to be
κεκλημένος
kaléō
G2564
to call
ὑπ’
hypó
G5259
under
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
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King James Version Public Domain
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline to eat in the first place, lest a more honorable than you may have been invited by him,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).